Vysya Institute of Management Studies (VIMS), Salem was started in 1990.

 Vysya Institute of Management Studies is affiliated to Periyar University, Salem and it has received 'A' grade status from NAAC Bangalore. 

The college is managed and run by Vasavi Vidya Trust, a charitable trust and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Vysya Institute of Management Studies offers MCA and MBA programmes which are approved to AICTE New Delhi. Department of MBA was incarnated under the wing of Vysya College by the Vysya philanthropists of Vasavi Vidya Trust in the year 1998.

The MBA programme is affiliated to Periyar University, Salem and approved by AICTE, New Delhi and got “A” grade status from NAAC  Bangalore. So far, 9 batches of MBA students have been awarded Masters Degree in Business Administration from our institute.